Re-tagged originals

After hearing about them for many years, but never actually seeing one, a few days ago I got to photograph a 1950 Frazer that was a 1949 leftover.

Because the factory couldn’t sell all the cars that they produced that year, for the 1950 model year they re-tagged the ’49 models; aside from the tags, everything else about the cars remained the same. This well-restored standard four-door sedan was one of them, and this is what the rarely seen factory tag looks like. According to the Kaiser-Frazer club, this particular car is one of only four such examples known to exist.

(This post originally appeared in the September 21, 2006, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)